TET,
I know just the person you are talking about. He even runs a robinson 'safety course' now, and I have been in the 22 when he was demonstrating low G manouvouers (sp??). Not something i was keen on at the time, and told him so. Needless to say we (the company) did not feel the need to get him back again. They have been down at the the new pad you are talking about for some years, but are talking about moving it again, further away from the rangers housing, and actually putting in an aircon donger for the pilots. Not a pleasant place to spend a build-up, sitting under the shade cloth in near 40 degree heat all day. But we are only pilots.
We have a helipad down the road with the airstrip (and aircon and internet), and while there is always an approach into wind, its just the termination that sometimes makes you work, at max weight, turning the tail into 25+ knts at 35+ degrees for a couple of months a year, but the little Robbies (44's anyway) have never let me down. Never had a problem with the TR if driven properly. But beware the less experienced who right turn tail into wind and can't catch it quick enough when they run out of power. Certainly wakes the tourists up, a quick 360 degree view of the helipad. They are then placated by being told that he/she was just demonstrating the rapid manouvouerability of the machines, while the pilot unhooks from the seat cushion.
I take it you have also paid you time over the gorge sometime previously?
We still have the blades of a few of the KH4's that have come to grief over the years as seating for the tourists.
Chop